Can someone interpret these lyrics for me? What do they mean?

What do the lyrics of this song mean?





"Genocide" by Steve Vai





Hey, Hi, we're racin' with time


To get some kicks before we die


Hey, Ho, and if you don't know


We will stand together on the other side





Hey, man, can I call you my friend


Here in the beginning of the end


This fight has already begun


And now it's time to take it to Euphoria





Hey, friend, I can feel your pain,


Even heroes cry in the rain


Stand up so we can hear what you say


Said genocide yeah


Oh genocide





Hey, Lord, tears are burnin' my face


I'm the one that's tryin to fool fate


Oh, God, I think I'm in shock


Whatever it takes to get us through this genocide





You like to hear it? Well, here it goes


Oh, Lord, would you breath us in?


Wash your blood over our skin


Hold tight cause it's gonna go black


Never let go and get us through this genocide





Hey, man, I know you're my friend


Here in the beginning of the end


Hey, friend, we're all that we got


Take my hand and jump into the genocide

Can someone interpret these lyrics for me? What do they mean?
I agree with Brooke N.





It looks like that this guy has a friend, who seems to a stoic guy, never shows his feelings, etc. But the guy can tell that his friend is afraid of death, but is unwilling to show that fear. And so the guy is trying to tell his friend to savor the last moments of life, "live fast, die young". By genocide, it means to die happy with the "euphoria" life can give if you take it fast.
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Reply:I think its like someone who thinks and knows that they are going to inevitably die. They've accepted it, and are maybe even welcoming it, but their only fear is that they don't want to die alone. He takes comfort in the fact he has this friend to be their and share his fate? At least thats what I got.